Operating-lever for grease-cups.



OPERATING LEvERE'n GREASE cups.. APPLICATION FILED MAK.2|'1917.

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- Patented Aug. 14, 1917,

HENRY L. SCHMIDT, 0F WESTLEY, CALIFORNIA.

OPERATINGfLEVER FOR GREASE-CUPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14:, 1917.

Application led March 2, 1917. Serial No. 151,877.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at IVestley, in the county of Stanislaus, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Operating-Levers for Grease-Cups; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention rela'tes to improvements in operating means for grease cups. The object of the invention being to produce a mechanism whereby leverage can be applied against the movable cap of the cup to force it to turn under all conditions. In cups now commonly used the movable caps have no independent operating means and in order to force the grease out of the cup it is necessary to turn the cap by hand. When heavy grease is used or in cold weather when the grease hardens this sometimes becomes a very difficult thing to do. Also some grease cups are p ositioned in such awkward and inaccessible places that it is almost impossible to grip the cap firmly enough to allow of itbeing easily turned. The aim of my invention 1s to overcome these difficulties and provide an independent operating handle or lever for the cap whereby the same can be easily forced to move under any and all of the above conditions.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure lis a side elevation of a grease cup showing my improved operating lever thereon.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the grease cup.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings the numeral l designates the grease cup proper and 2 designates the movable cap thereon, both of these members being of the usual type. In providing my improved invention I form around the upper edge of the cap 2 a pluralitv of notches or ratchets 3. A lever or handle 4 is pivotally mounted in any desired manner to any desired part of thc cap 2 but preferably to the center of the top thereof as at 5. This lever 4 is provided with a spring pressed dog 6 arranged to move freely over the ratchets 3 when the lever 4 is moved contra-clockwise with respect to the cap 2. When moved in the opposite direction however, which is the direction in which the cap moves to force the grease out of the cup, the said dog 6 engages one of the ratchets 3 and forces the cap 2 to turn with the movement of the said lever 4.

The lever 4: can be made of such length as is necessary to provide a leverage to force the grease through the cup under all ordinary conditions. The ratchets 3 can be spaced a distance apart as found desirable and by this means the cups can be positioned in awkward or inaccessible places and still the lever 4c can be operated to turn the same even if only a slight space is allowed for the movement thereof.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the object of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I cla-im as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A grease cup having a cap turnable thereon adapted to force the grease through 'thereon adapted to force the grease through the cup and a lever pvotally mounted on the cap and provided With a, spring pressed dog', the cap being' provided With ratchets engageable by the dog. Y -Y In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

HENRY L. SCHMIDT.

the cup and a lever mounted on .the Cap and operable to turn the salme.

2. A ,grease cup having; a cap turnable thereon adapted to :force the grease through 5 the vCup and a lever pvotally mounted on the cap rmd operable to turn the same.

3. A greaseoup having a cap turnable Copies of this patent may be obtained for tive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

